Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Documentary

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Great Britain

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Great Britain. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 23 Aug 2026

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08/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 159

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:40:32

Top 5 authors

1. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (7 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. The Guardian (2 shows)

5. Sky News (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. BBC (14 shows)

3. Megaphone (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (9 shows)

5. ART19 (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
2	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
3	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
4	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
5	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
6	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	443	Acast	74
7	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
8	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
9	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
13	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
14	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	306	Megaphone	42
15	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
16	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
17	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
20	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
21	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	227	Acast	43
22	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
23	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
24	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
25	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
26	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
27	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
28	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
29	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1194	Acast	59
30	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
31	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	73
32	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
33	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
34	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
35	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	261	WideOrbit	48
36	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
37	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
38	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	162	Omny Studio	69
39	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	36	BBC	58
40	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
41	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
42	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	138	N/A	N/A
43	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
44	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	194	ART19	37
45	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
46	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
47	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
48	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
49	Everyday Abundance: The hidden stories behind everyday technologies	Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann	Society & Culture	8	Castos	52
50	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
51	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	95	Acast	79
52	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
53	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	50	Acast	94
54	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
55	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
56	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	34	Omny Studio	83
57	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
58	Bailey Sarian	Bailey Sarian	Society & Culture	158	Spreaker	43
59	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
60	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
61	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	349	Simplecast	78
62	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
63	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
64	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
65	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
66	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
67	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
68	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
69	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
70	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
71	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
72	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	68
73	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
74	Question Everything	Brian Reed	Society & Culture	85	Unknown	63
75	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
76	SuperHuman	iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	12	Omny Studio	53
77	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
78	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
79	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	645	Acast	69
80	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
81	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
82	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
83	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
84	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
85	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
86	Signals to Danger	Daniel Fox	Society & Culture	79	Acast	74
87	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
88	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
89	Coffeehouse Crime	Coffeehouse Crime	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	49
90	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
91	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	53
92	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
93	Outpost Podcasts	Outpost Studios	Society & Culture	12	Substack	43
94	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
95	Foster Care Uncovered	Sarah Anderson & Louise Allen	Society & Culture	30	RSS.com	68
96	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	50	RedCircle	63
97	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
98	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	430	Audioboom	48
99	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
100	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	31	Libsyn	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

The podcast landscape in Great Britain is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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